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Kilifi County Traffic Police Commander Julius Motonu walks past boda boda operators, touts and villagers who clashed with Pwani University students in Kibaoni in Kilifi town. [Photo: Joseph Masha/Standard]
Students at Pwani University Sunday clashed with boda boda operators, touts and villagers at Kibaoni in Kilifi after they blocked the Kilifi-Malindi highway protesting the death of their colleague who drowned in the Indian Ocean on Saturday during a swimming expedition.
The students were demanding that the county government provide lifesavers on the beach to prevent future incidents and also sought to be addressed by Governor Amason Kingi. The identity of the deceased was not provided.
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